Thats the plan, tie the rockers into both front and rear bumpers side wings with tube. Sort of the beginnings of an exo. Just make sense to tie them all together now that I have a solid foundation to build off of really. Ill have to play around with some tube though, I definitely dont want that jungle gym look, if I cant make it look fluid with the body lines I wont do it.

Probably best just to commit to a wheel well size and have them be a "flare" for that size

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Probably best just to commit to a wheel well size and have them be a "flare" for that size

Yea kinda what I was thinking. Gonna have to check with my steel supplier, Ill probably use 1.5" HREW for the "flares". Dont really see any sense in dropping the extra coin for DOM in this application.

Yea kinda what I was thinking. Gonna have to check with my steel supplier, Ill probably use 1.5" HREW for the "flares". Dont really see any sense in dropping the extra coin for DOM in this application.

Why not do DOM if it'll be part of a cage later on?

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Because I may very well use HREW for the cage as well. Plenty of HREW cages over on Pirate that are holding up great, its really more about design and triangulation than material. A poorly designed DOM cage can be significantly weaker than a more thought out HREW cage

Because I may very well use HREW for the cage as well. Plenty of HREW cages over on Pirate that are holding up great, its really more about design and triangulation than material. A poorly designed DOM cage can be significantly weaker than a more thought out HREW cage

That said, Im not doing poop pipe or anything haha.

alright, thats acceptable haha

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No you cant do tube connecting to your bumpers from yoiur sliders!! Thats been my plan for the past year. My thread can't be a mirror image of yours! If only I had my tool shop up in VT with me I could get a few steps ahead of you

No you cant do tube connecting to your bumpers from yoiur sliders!! Thats been my plan for the past year. My thread can't be a mirror image of yours! If only I had my tool shop up in VT with me I could get a few steps ahead of you

Better hurry!!! Haha jk itll still be a little while, Ive got other non-Jeep things Id like to buy before I pick up tube.

Since we arent too far from my wheeling off-season (WBR's offseason that is), I believe Im going to finally start building the 1/10 replica of my rig like my cousin's SCX10 pictured here. Should keep me entertained for the winter.

Because I may very well use HREW for the cage as well. Plenty of HREW cages over on Pirate that are holding up great, its really more about design and triangulation than material. A poorly designed DOM cage can be significantly weaker than a more thought out HREW cage

That said, Im not doing poop pipe or anything haha.

My plans are a simple hybrid.
From the front bumper to the roof following the body lines, up the A pillar x over the roof tieing into HD offroad no lift relo brackets And tie the roof into the D&C fab interior cage.

My highlight for the whole IRTarded was at rausch I got a good 4-5 feet under a front tire... Yay for being retarded on the rocky section of O trail...

Also how quick can 2x6 rockers be done?

Could be done in a day really, most of my time was spent coming up with bracing leg design and cutting it out. Once I had bracing legs and 2x6 cut and capped it all went fast. I just drug it out cause I only worked on it a little bit on select days after work.